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The Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act Explained | 07
Historic battlefields
The SHEP 2009 introduced policies to establish
an Inventory of nationally important battlefields,
similar to that already in place for gardens
and designed landscapes. It is now a statutory
duty under the Act for Scottish Ministers
to compile and maintain an Inventory of
battlefields as appear to them to be of national
importance. This is explored further on page
26. The Inventory comprises a list of battlefields
considered to be of national importance
that meet the criteria set out in Annex 5 of the
SHEP. The Inventory is currently being delivered
in stages and will be completed by March
2012. Protection of historic battlefields will be
achieved and regulated through the planning
system and policy.
Consents
Scheduled monuments and listed buildings
Once a monument or building has been
scheduled or listed, consent may be required
for any works to that monument or building,
including repairs and maintenance. The
different legal processes are known as
scheduled monument consent and listed
building consent. If a monument is both
listed and scheduled, only scheduled
monument consent is required for any works.
The scheduled monument consent process
is managed by Historic Scotland for Scottish
Ministers. The process of listed building consent
is managed by the planning authorities. For
certain listed building applications, if the
planning authority is minded to approve
consent, they must notify and obtain
clearance from Historic Scotland (on behalf
of Scottish Ministers) prior to issuing consent.
Historic Scotland also provides guidance to
planning authorities on the consideration of
planning applications affecting sites on the
statutory Inventory of gardens and designed
landscapes.
Conservation areas
Most unlisted buildings in conservation areas
cannot be demolished unless conservation
area consent is first obtained from a planning
authority. If the planning authority is minded
to grant consent, they must notify and obtain
clearance from Historic Scotland (on behalf
of Scottish Ministers) prior to issuing consent.
Scottish Ministers may choose to allow the
planning authority’s decision to stand, or
choose to call in the application for their
own decision.
Properties in the care of Scottish Ministers
Historic Scotland holds a number of properties
in care or guardianship to ensure their
long-term preservation for the public benefit.
Together they form an estate comprising a
collection of monuments which represents
significant aspects of Scotland’s past.
Grants
Historic Scotland provides a number of grant
and funding schemes to support owners in
the private, public and ecclesiastical sectors
to meet the cost of high-quality building repairs
and in the support of bodies and individuals
involved in the fields of protection, investigation,
education and promotion within the greater
historic environment sector.